Haitian Intellectual History in the Age of Revolutions with Marlene L. Daut

The Haitian Revolution was the first antislavery and anticolonial uprising led by New World Africans to result in the creation of an independent and slavery-free nation-state. Unsurprisingly, the momentousness of this 13-year-long revolution for freedom and equality has a long intellectual history.
Join us in-person or virtually on Monday, June 3rd at 5pm for a conversation between Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African American Studies at Yale University and author of "Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution" and Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Professor of History, Academic Director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy, and Director, John L. Nau III History & Principles of Democracy Lab, UVA.

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